Sparkle

I used a 8 pointed star filter to get this effect.

Jagged Wall

Here's a photo of a stone and mortar wall. The walls are usually no taller than 4 foot and they use three rows of jagged stones along the top of the wall. You can find this style of masonry throughout the Philadelphia area. The area is riddled with glacial rock. I'm sure this is the source is the stone used in these walls. The age of this wall, I'm not sure, but the road is route 1... one of the oldest roads in the US, but the houses look no older than early 20th century. The composition was inspired by the perspective in Bill Z's Fence

Red Amaryllis

Look what came out to play today. My niece gave me an amaryllis bulb for Christmas. The first bud opened up today. It looked like a good subject to photograph, so I did. I would have put it under the theme "Flower" or "Bulb", but they aren't listed, so red it is.

In case your interested, or not, I bracketed the shot with and without flash and with two different lenses. I ended up using a shot with my 70-210mm set to 145mm, 1.3 sec shutter speed, f/10, and using a flash off camera.

Vintage Cultivator

On my walk today I went to see Jimmy M. He's a golf pro and a close colleague of the retired GM from my old work place (Jack). Jack was a golf pro like Jimmy as well as a GM. The club I went to is called McCall Field, but everyone calls it PECO because it belongs to Philadelphia Electric co. This is the first time I visited the place, since moving here 7 years ago even though it's only a ten minute walk away. I saw this old cultivator and thought it was photo worthy. By the way Jimmy wasn't there and the pro shop was closed. Strange, being it was just past noon and it's been unseasonably warm the past few days. I'll have to stop by again some other day.

P.S.
I found out from Jack that Jimmy's pro shop is closed during the off season. I don't know when I'll have a chance to get back to see him since I've taken a position almost 2 hours away.

Coffee

Coffee and Cheese - two of my main food groups. I think doing the food themes should be a breeze for me.

Cheese

This is my first entry... Cheese.